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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Starwalt who wrote (482)	10/9/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: flatsville	Respond to of 888

Also see tripprep.com (easy reading) netcantina.com (good for estimating costs of vaccinations) OT***No. Don't drink it, swim in it or eat the fish. Not as bad as Lake Decatur but getting there. (At least the dogs who go swimming in Lake Shelbyville dont't die.) Friend here at Soil and Water Conservation says YUK! (Her kids are swim champs and they do not set foot in the lake.) More than a few local kids get eye infections from swimming there. Watch out for the occasional dead journalist. Hey, email me. Will be traveling this weekend too, but I'll get back to you. "flatsville"

To: Starwalt who wrote (482)	10/10/1998 2:47:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 888

Our List asked in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Q&A Forum I am a programmer in a smaller town in the midwest. We live in a turn of the century home in town. Our list is based in part on the fact that we don't have the space to store large amounts of fuel or raise a garden. Here it is: Heat and light ---------------------- Aladdin lamps and several jerry cans of K1 kerosene available locally at $1.15 per gallon. These provide light and will heat a shut off room. Don't forget spare parts for the lamps. Canned heat for heat and cooking. These we have brought by the case. Coleman stove and fuel for cooking outside. Bags of charcoal and outdoor grills. Both may be selling at discount now with winter coming in. Forever liguid parafin candles available at Walmart. The candle with vase is about $6.00 and bottles of liquid parafin which are a pint or so cost $1.25. I would guess one bottle will supply light for 100 to 200 hours based on our limited test. A real bargin. Two baskets of candles. Hand crank flashlights from Russia at $12.00 each. Also NiCad batteries for flashlights and radios and a 10 watt solar battery charger. A solar charged lantern at about $100.00. May get another. Balnkets with pace age blankets sewn on to shut off rooms and maintain heat. Also covers for inside of windows to reduce heat loss. Food -------- A one year supply of freeze dried food for one person from Walton's as backup. There are four of us. Extra #10 cans of eggs and cheese for cooking with out non Walton's food. A one year supply of canned and packaged food for a family of four purchased mainly from Aldi's and Sam's. This includes at least 200 cans of tomatoes, 200 cans of meats and many cases of fruits and vegis. Sticks of summer susage and similar with amplt shelf life for Y2K. My wife also dries a lot of foods. The food in this paragraph is for the most part what we would normally choose to eat. Fifty gallons of Culligan water. Three 55 gallon water drums for the shed. These we will initially fill with the hose and as they empty out they will be replenished fron the house downspouts. These cost about $45.00 each. Also buy a pump. We also purchased a water filter for both chemicals and germs. We will also fill up the bathtubs. Almost forgot to mention we buy plenty of Tang and related to flavor the water. Entertainment ---------------------- Plenty of books and games. On my wish list is a portable P.C. with a solar charger so the boys can play their CD games. Protection ---------------- We live in a small midwestern town so crime dosn't take on the same concern that it would in a larger city. Having said that I am a shooter by hobby and have a few guns. A short barrel shotgun can be a crowd stopper that only a fool would contest. Spare ammo. This I hope to never need but one could also say the same about life insurance. Don't flaunt what you have in the way of survival food, etc. My wish list ----------------- Would like to have a small D.C. only solar system to power a couple of D.C. lights and maybe a T.V. Please feel to point out what we have overlooked. Respectfully Ed S. Asked by Ed S. (ed@terraworld.net) on October 10, 1998. From the yourdon site